Hypselodoris fucata

Hypselodoris fucata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Hypselodoris
Species: H. fucata
Binomial name
Hypselodoris fucata
Gosliner & Johnson, 1999[1]

Hypselodoris fucata is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Distribution

This nudibranch is known from South Africa, along the KwaZulu-Natal coast.[1]

Description

Hypselodoris fucata has a white body and a purple-blue mantle edge and foot. There is also often a yellow line on the very edge of the mantle. The body and dorsum have red-brown striations running longitudinally. The gills are white, lined with orange and the rhinophores are a bright orange colour.

This species can reach a total length of at least 50 mm.

References

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